Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-07-11
10 REYNOLDS ENTERPRISE.
I'm River Commemorative He is
Doing, and What He has Done.

The Veteran steamboatman's Faith |
I'm River Commemorative He is
Doing. and What He has Done.
The old time steamboat manager, Jos. |
Reynolds. manifests great faith in the re-
vival of river commerce in the most pos
tive wayne invests his money in new
enterprises connected with the traffic on
the great waterway Thirty years ago
one of the most important ports on the
upper Mississippi river was Dunleith.
H., opposite Dubuque. The Illinois
Central railroad had great warehouses of
stone and iron there for the convenience
of steamboats, loading and unloading,
and two fine packets left the port every
day-morning and evening st. Paul,
while freight steamers like the famous
Fanny Harris left three times week with
barges in tow loaded to the utmost for the
head of navigation. A great elevator
was built Just north of the warehouses
for the reception of grain Ten years
after, the warehouses and elevator looked
much like deserted structures. In TACT,
one of the warehouses had been Quilted
by fire. and all the rebuilding consisted
of timbers enough to hold the walls to-
gether; the brick veneeriDg of one side
of the elevator fell away from it. and at
last it too was destroyed. The railroads
had reached the rivA at Prairie du Chen,
La Crosse, and nearly opposite Winona,
every one having its elevators and ware
houses, and the CentraPs river traffic was
| almost annihilated. In time the eleva-
| tors and warehouses became almost use
less.
Now Mr. Reynolds is about to build
large elevator at East Dubuque (as Dun
leith Is now called with a capacity of
100000 bushels of grain. 1t will be 70
by 70 feet and 1875 feet high Its MAJ
chinery will lift $500 bushels per hour
from barges and transfer it to freight
cars. 1t will be completed in time for
the fall movement of grain. 1t will re-
store good deal of life to the once fam
Gus river port, and perhaps be the means
| of putting tie warehouses to use again.
Steamboats, will gather grain at the
ports north-and probably at the ports
southland put it in that elevator for
transportation eastward. But will the
railroads haul grain to the river ports
for Mr.. Reynolds steamers? If they res
fuse Mr.. Reynolds will ascertain the
value of the interstate commerce bill to
grain merchants like himself
| RIPLETS.
The St. Paul went north early this
morning.
The Pittsburg will be up this after
noon.
The government steamer Gen. Barnard
is at the leyee. She came up the river
Saturday afternoon.
There were eight boats on the river OPP
posite Rock Island at one time this
morning, Water traffic appeared quite
active for a few moments.
A river man with considerable exper.
fence with both lines gives the Burling-
ton HauEeye an explanation of the run
ming of the boats of the St. Louis and St.
Paul packet company and the Diamond
10 line closely together as they have
been for the past two or three weeks
He states that the heirs of Commodore
Davidson won't put any of their money
into steamboats, in any form and are fol-
lowing up the Diamond 10 boats, which
have run on schedule time all season, in
the hope of cutting their business to such
an extent as to compel Mr.. Reynolds,
the proprietor, to buy the War Eagle
and St Paul and thus get rid of their
damaging competition. He adds that
these boats will never be purchased by
Mr.. Reynolds at any price.